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Project Management Using Microsoft Project

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. File -> Options -> Quick Access tool bar. Examples: Tables and Vies - good stuff.

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2. File -> info -> Project information -> advanced properties.

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3. The acceloration of the successor task. 'Negative lag'






4. Two CRITICAL tasks vying for one resource - who wins?






5. Finish to start - finish to finish - start to start - start to finish. All are 'at least'.






6. efines units.






7. Appears: ehr means: Elapsed hour






8. Start date - Current date - finish date - status date - schedule from - calendar - & priority (with project pro). Enterprise custom fields here too - if you're hooked into enterprise.






9. An approach for monitoring project progress that relies on the budgeted cost of activities completed to ascribe value






10. Tasks - resources - assignments - all have dialogs. Example: resource leveling. Project information dialog very important.






11. An 'activity' - or 'task'. The bottom 'child' task - there's nothing underneath it. If there are sub-components - or 'children' tasks below a parent task - that parent task is a SUMMARY task.






12. Tables are made up of fields.






13. Can be added to the ribbon - and it walks user through formatting of the gantt chart. Pretty cool.






14. Always preserve the duration of a task. Changing duration when fixed will impact work.






15. U = W / D Work divided by duration.






16. View -> Timeline check box. Shows timeline - but by default - nothing's on it. To add items - right click and 'add to timeline'.






17. Changing the working time in the 'details' section of the working time dialog won't change the default start time in the options -> scheduling settings. Try to keep these in sync.

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18. Appears: min means: minute






19. Responsibility Assignment Matrix.






20. Time delay. Sometimes - it's preferred to have lag shown as a task. You can assign costs to it - that way. Style sheets will indicate this.






21. Project template (.mpt) - or Global MPT file. Drives what you see in the project. Corporations may have their own.






22. Ensuring that the successor activity does not begin until after the predecessor activity is completed is implementing a start-to-finish (SF) model. This is the most logical path to follow when planning a project. Those in project management should be






23. Add your resources names to critical tasks _______ via bar styles/text.






24. Task ribbon -> 'task' -> recurring task. An easy way to schedule reccuring meetings.






25. File -> Options -> Scheduling --> Drop down for Decimal or Percentage.






26. The Precedence Diagram Method is a tool for scheduling activities in a project plan. It is a method of constructing a project schedule network diagram that uses boxes - referred to as nodes - to represent activities and connects them with arrows that






27. The total direct and indirect costs incurred in accomplishing work on an activity during a given period.






28. Appears: emon means: Elapsed month






29. To switch between ____________: (Project 2010) - Use the bottom-left icon. Use the ribbon. Task mode column in entry table. File -> options -> schedule.






30. The number of resources required to get the tasks/assignments completed.






31. A logical relationship that states that for one project to begin - another must also be underway. For example - the writing of a business proposal must have begun in order for editing of the proposal to take place.






32. Contains information relative to tasks.






33. Two tasks vying for one resource - who wins?






34. Gantt Chart with 'Entry' table on left.






35. Network Diagrom -> Format ribbon -> format.






36. Work divided by available resource units. Formula: D=W/U






37. Function key 5. You can go directly to ID - or 'date'.






38. No single activity or group of activities to produce a single deliverable should be more than 80 hours of effort.

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39. Task calendar - resource calendar - base calendar.






40. Appears: day means: day






41. Focus on Gantt -> Format ribbon ->






42. Task ribbon -> schedule section -> broken task icon. Reschedule incomplete work - etc.






43. A terminal element is the lowest element (activity or deliverable) in a WBS; it is not further subdivided. Sometimes called a 'work package' - but NOT synonymous.






44. If '______________' isn't checked - for example - then you won't be able to set a style for critical tasks.






45. Create file. Set up file properties. Set a start date. Set up calendars and working time.






46. Vitally important. It shows how much time remains - which indicates whether or not tasks need to be re-planned.






47. Amendment to task type.






48. Matches the outline number initially in Project 2010. It is common for work breakdown structure elements to be numbered sequentially to reveal the hierarchical structure. For example 1.3.2 Rear Wheel identifies this item as a Level 3 WBS element - si






49. Appears: emin means: Elapsed minute






50. The WBS contains 100% of the work defined by the project scope and captures all deliverables - internal - external - interim - in terms of the work to be completed - including project management.

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